10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POUKIT»
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1
Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
A little pit or hole containing water or mire, Moray, POUKIT, Pookit, part. adj. 1.
Plucked, 8. 2. Lean and b*ny, Upp. Clydes. 3. Shabby in appearance, ibid. 4.
Stingy, Upp. Clydes. Edin. POUKIT-LIKE, Poukit-mks, adj. Having a puny, meagre
, ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
2
The Life of Mansie Wauch: Tailor in Dalkeith Written by Himself
But I said nothing, knowing the thing was just, and a wholesome example ;
holding Benjie on my shoulder to see the poukit hens tied about their necks like
keeking-glasses. But, puh ! the fellows did not give one pinch of snuff ; so off they
set, ...
3
The Life of Mansie Wauch: Tailor in Dalkeith
But I said nothing, knowing the thing was just, and a wholesome example;
holding Benjie on my shoulder to see the poukit hens tied about their necks like
keeking-glasses. But, pub! the fellows did not give one pinch of snnfl“; so oli' '
they set, ...
4
The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith
But I said nothing, kenning the thing was just, and a wholesome example,
holding Benjie on my shoulder to see the poukit hens tied about their necks like
keeking glasse's. But, puh ! the fellows did not give ae pinch of snuff; so off they
set, and ...
5
The life of Mansie Wauch, tailor in Dalkeith [by D.M. Moir].
'01 ynin-f ,,Wt -nil ,'j-wtecf „S!beir .obtains, the) thiAgs. yei kemthatl field i their I
cuffs .together, were byj this* itimen taken • pffy along" with the poukit hens, which
I .fencyjthe' 4favit*ofnshers - took home and cooked for their dinner; so they ...
David Macbeth Moir, Mansie Wauch (fict. name.), 1828
6
The peerage of England. 3 vols. [in 4. Sig. N6,7 of vol. 1, ...
... of the same place, and Earl Poulett, Dec. 24, 1706, 5th of Q^Anne. Arms.]
Sable, three Swords in Pile, their paints in base, Argent, Pomels and Hilts, Or. 6
Crest] Crest.] On a Wreath, an Arm embowed in Armour, and. Poulett,. Earl.
Poukit. 205.
Arthur Collins, Baruch Longmate, 1779
7
The Spirit of the English Magazines
But I said naething, kenning the thing was just, and a wholesome example,
hadding Benjie on ray shouther to see the poukit hens tied about their necks like
keeking-glasses. But, puh ! the fallows didna gie ae pinch o' snuff — so aff they
set, ...
8
Atheneum, Or, Spirit of the English Magazines
a lonesome sound ; and my heart began to play pit-pat — my skin grew a' rough,
like a poukit chicken — and I felt as if I didna ken what was the matter with me. It
was only a false alarm, however, being the warning of the clock ; and, in a ...
a lonesome sound ; and my heart began to play pit-pat — -my skin grew a' rough,
like a poukit chicken — and I felt as if I didna ken what was the matter with me. It
was only a false alarm, however, being the warning of the clock ; and, in a ...
But Iaaid naething, kenning the thing was just, and'a wholesome example,
hadding Benjie on In shouther to see the poukit hens tie about their necks like
hacking-glasses. But, pub! the fallows didna gie ae pinch o' snuff— so afi' they set
, and ...
